GNTY vs. LX, CASH, PWP, MBIN, NIC, CUBI, CLBK, TFIN, IREN, and VBTX
Should you be buying Guaranty Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Guaranty Bancshares include LexinFintech (LX), Pathward Financial (CASH), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Merchants Bancorp (MBIN), Nicolet Bankshares (NIC), Customers Bancorp (CUBI), Columbia Financial (CLBK), Triumph Financial (TFIN), Iris Energy (IREN), and Veritex (VBTX). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Guaranty Bancshares vs.
LexinFintech (NASDAQ:LX) and Guaranty Bancshares (NASDAQ:GNTY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, LexinFintech had 7 more articles in the media than Guaranty Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for LexinFintech and 1 mentions for Guaranty Bancshares. LexinFintech's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Guaranty Bancshares' score of 0.00 indicating that LexinFintech is being referred to more favorably in the media.
LexinFintech pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Guaranty Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. LexinFintech pays out 18.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Guaranty Bancshares pays out 36.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Guaranty Bancshares has a net margin of 17.15% compared to LexinFintech's net margin of 5.34%. Guaranty Bancshares' return on equity of 10.13% beat LexinFintech's return on equity.
LexinFintech currently has a consensus price target of $13.60, suggesting a potential upside of 22.41%. Guaranty Bancshares has a consensus price target of $37.33, suggesting a potential downside of 7.17%. Given LexinFintech's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe LexinFintech is more favorable than Guaranty Bancshares.
39.4% of Guaranty Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 27.8% of LexinFintech shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.4% of Guaranty Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
LexinFintech received 16 more outperform votes than Guaranty Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.65% of users gave LexinFintech an outperform vote while only 57.99% of users gave Guaranty Bancshares an outperform vote.
LexinFintech has higher revenue and earnings than Guaranty Bancshares. LexinFintech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Guaranty Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
LexinFintech has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guaranty Bancshares has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
LexinFintech beats Guaranty Bancshares on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:GNTY) was last updated on 3/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
